“All artists are willing to suffer for their work. But why are so few prepared to learn to draw?”

“The intentions as to reading, working, and learning, which he had so precisely formulated only a few minutes earlier, were suffering a curious collapse into a corner, he knew not how.”

“I worked with a sketch artist, but I was driving fast when I saw the suspect, so the drawing came out blurry.”

“Every act of conscious learning requires the willingness to suffer an injury to one's self-esteem. That is why young children, before they are aware of their own self-importance, learn so easily; and why older persons, especially if vain or important, cannot learn at all.”

“The drawing is also a reminder that there’s an artist within each of us, and we must encourage that artist to do the work, to make something that matters, regardless of anything else that is going on.”

“There are no secrets to success. It's the result of preparation, hard work, learning from failure.”